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Stamford Sports Roundup: Feb. 9
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Darnell Dorival scored the tiebreaking goal with under six minutes remaining Wednesday as the boys hockey team continued its resurgence with a 3-2 victory over Greenwich.
The Vikings, who started the season 0-8-1, improved to 5-8-1 with their fifth consecutive victory. Westhill must split its last six games to make the state tournament.
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Greenwich dropped to 3-13 and was eliminated from postseason play.
Lukas Znosko and Ryan Silk scored in the first period to give Westhill a 2-0 lead, but Decker Curran halved the deficit for the Cardinals, who pulled even on a goal by Matt Lodato in the second period.
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Tyler Phillipson (10) Adam Goldstone (11) combined to make 21 saves for Westhill while Vinny Scorese stopped 18 shots for Greenwich.
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The Trinity Catholic boys hockey scored four scored three special teams goals in the first perod en route tp a 4-0 victory over Fairfield.
Steven Lambrinakos scored twice and and freshman goalkeeper Kyle Odierno recorded 32 shots for the Crusaders, who experienced no letdown after surprising New Canaan 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday.
Connor Frawley turned aside 21 shots for the Mustangs, who dropped to 6-8. Fairfield was coming off a 5-4 victory over New Canaan.
Kevin O'Reilly and Sean Dolan scored power-play goals in the first period for the Crusaders, who posted their fourth straight win to improve to 6-10.
Lambrinakos scored a shorthanded goal to make it 3-0 after one, then completed the scoring with an empty-netter in the final minutes.
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Christian Keator and Zach Usinger each scored three goals Wednesday as the St. Joseph boys hockey team pounded Stamford 11-1 at the Shelton Rinks.
Ryan Corcoran, Dom Sidorczuk, Mark Laoue, Matt Vazzano and John Ferguson also scored for the Cadets, who improved to 10-6 after outshooting the Black Knights, 58-12,
Ron Johnson stopped 11 shots for St. Joseph and a shell-shocked Jim Sexton made 47 saves for Stamford.
Zach Fornaciari had the only goal for the Black Knights, who dropped to 2-12-1.
St. Joseph scored three goals in the first period, four in the second and four more in the third.
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is pleased to announce that it has partnered with three world-renowned female athletes to run sport-specific summer camps for children.
Soccer phenomenon Kristine Lilly will offer the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy, hockey great Angela Ruggiero will offer the Angela Ruggeiro Hockey School, and squash legend Natalie Grainger will run summer-long squash camps at Chelsea Piers Connecticut.
Lilly brings the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy (KLSA) to Chelsea Piers Connecticut, where she will coach a one-week KLSA camp August 6 -10. The full-day camp will be open to boys and girls ages 7 to 13. KLSA camps are dedicated to providing campers with an opportunity to develop as individual players within a disciplined and unselfish environment.
“The facilities at Chelsea Piers Connecticut are ideal for training children in soccer,” Lilly said. “The indoor fields, off-field cross training capabilities and recreactional periods allow for a comprehensive, full-day program that can cater to every level of soccer player.”
Former Olympian Ruggiero will kick off Chelsea Piers Connecticut summer camp with a week-long ice hockey camp July 9-13. The full-day camp will be open to girls ages 6 to 14.
Ruggiero’s teaching philosophy is simple—every player is different and is to be treated as an individual. Each player will be exposed to the different aspects of their respective positions and will be encouraged to incorporate the skills learned into their own style of play.
“Having retired from hockey this year, I am thrilled to be able to coach girls in hockey – a sport that has given me so much,” Ruggiero said. “The facilities and mission of Chelsea Piers Connecticut are exactly the sort of thing that I am excited to get involved with.”
Grainger will run weekly Racquets Camps in addition to elite and high Performance Squash Camps. Players that have a U.S. squash national ranking or play on their school squash teams can register for intensive one-week sessions designed to help players improve their game through basic technique and drilling skills, fitness development, and fun match play.
“The squash facility will be the best in the area, and I am so excited to further develop the robust squash community in Fairfield County. Our summer camps will provide an opportunity for young players to improve while being part of a much greater multi-sport progam,” Grainger said.
Coaches provide the same advanced coaching and training techniques that elite level pros use to help players succeed. Grainger will lend her coaching and traininig skills to all squash and racquets camps throughout the summer.
“This collection of female athletes – Kristine, Angela and Natalie - are some of the very best their sports have ever seen,” said Mollie Marcoux, Executive Director, Chelsea Piers Connecticut. “We could not be more excited to offer local female athletes this truly unique camp opportunity. All three women are not only among the world’s most talented, but they are all ambassadors for their respective sports and most importantly, they are ideal role models for young athletes.
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The FCIAC wrestling championships are set for Friday and Saturday at New Canaan High School.
The event begins with the weigh-ins on Friday at 3 p.m., followed by the round of 16 matches of 4:30 p.m. and the quarterfinal bouts later in the evening.
The competition resumes on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the semifinals and consolation quarterfinals, to be followed by the consolation semifinals at 12 p.m. and the fifth-place and third-place matches at 2 p.m. The championship finals are set to begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Awards will be be given to the FCIAC East and West champions along with the most valuable wrestler, the most falls in least aggregate time and a sportsmanship winner. Finally, awards will be presented to the FCIAC tournament runner-up and champion.
In 2011, Danbury won its 24th FCIAC title in 25 years, defeating runner-up Greenwich by 50 points. Fairfield Warde finished third, followed by Trumbull, Stamford and Westhill.
The Hatters reclaimed the championship after Warde ended their 23-year title reign in 2010.
Danbury, which is 20-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state, is again considered the favorite to win the crown. Other contenders include Trumbull, which is ranked ninth in the Norwich Bulletin top 10 state coaches' poll, and Warde, which is 11th.
Westhill senior Pascal Medor was the runner-up inthe 103-pound division last year while Vikings junior Nick Jimemez is the returning winner in the 152-pound weight division.
For Stamford, senior Joey Battinelli lost in the finals of the 112-pound division a year ago and senior Ben Pierre Saint returns as the champion at 125 pounds.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys hockey
Westhill 3, Greenwich 2
St. Joseph 11, Stamford 1
Trinity Catholic 4, Fairfield 0
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 9-4 10-5 Greenwich 8-5 10-5 Bridgeport Central 8-6 8-6 Danbury 7-6 9-6 Staples 7-6 8-7 Trumbull 6-7 7-8Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 11-2 13-2 Stamford 7-6 8-7 Norwalk 7-7 9-7 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-8 5-10 Harding 2-11 3-12 McMahon 2-11 2-13East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 13-0 15-0 Trinity Catholic 11-3 12-4 Bassick 10-4 12-4 Fairfield-Warde 7-6 9-6 Wilton 5-8 7-8 Darien 1-12 2-13 New Canaan 0-13 1-14GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury* 15-0 17-0 Trumbull* 13-2 15-2 Staples 9-6 10-7 Westhill 8-7 9-8 Greenwich 3-12 3-14 Bridgeport Central 1-14 2-15Central Division
Norwalk 10-5 12-5 Stamford 9-6 9-8 Ridgefield 6-9 6-11 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9 7-10 McMahon 3-12 3-14 Harding 1-13 3-13East Division
St. Joseph* 12-3 12-4 Wilton 11-4 11-5 Trinity Catholic 11-5 12-6 Darien 9-6 10-7 Fairfield Warde 9-6 11-6 New Canaan 7-8 9-8 Bassick 0-16 0-17BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 7-0 14 12-1-0 Darien 7-0 14 10-3-0 Wilton 5-2 10 6-8-0 St. Joseph 5-3 10 9-5-0 New Canaan 4-2 8 8-5-1 Trinity Catholic 3-3 6 4-10-0 Stamford 0-6 0 2-10-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield 4-2 6 6-7-0 Westhill 4-2 8 4-8-1 Trumbull 4-4 8 10-5-0 Staples 1-6 2 6-7-0 Greenwich 1-6 2 2-12-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-8 0 2-11-0Girls Hockey (through Friday)
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan* 11-0 22 16-0 Greenwich* 9-3 18 10-4-1 Darien 8-2 16 10-4 Ridgefield 6-3 12 9-5-0 Wilton 4-6 8 5-7-1 Fairfield 3-6 6 5-7-0 Staples-Trumbull 1-9 2 3-10-0 Stamford 0-10 0 1-9
